The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 8, 2026

Black ink cursive handwriting populates the upper half of a vertically oriented cream page. A location is tucked into the upper right corner. A central inscription beginning "The purity and love for this precious Babe…" is signed "Arthur W. Heintzelman." To the left, the signature "Thomas W. Nason" sits above "New York - Feb. 11, 1942." The elegant script flows in horizontal bands, leaving the bottom half of the paper entirely blank.

Untitled (Signatures and Text)

1942

John Taylor Arms

(American, 1887–1953)
America
Ink
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2012.467.10.a
Courtesy of John Taylor Arms/© Suzanne Arms Hawkins
Location: Not on view
  • September 23, 1991
    (Waverly Auctions, Bethesda, MD)
    1991-2013
    Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt, Pepper Pike, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    March 4, 2013-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Arms, John Taylor, and William Dolan Fletcher. John Taylor Arms, a Man for All Time: The Artist and His Work. [Place of publication not identified]: Sign of the Arrow, 1982.
    Saville, Jennifer, and John Taylor Arms. John Taylor Arms: Plates of Perfect Beauty. 1995.
  • The Gothic Spirit of John Taylor Arms. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (May 8-November 27, 2011).
  • {{cite web|title=Untitled (Signatures and Text)|url=false|author=John Taylor Arms|year=1942|access-date=08 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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